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</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mobile Pet Care Business Targets Corporate Clients</title><link>http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aid=118547.54928.130675</link><guid>http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aid=118547.54928.130675</guid><description>Sheri Jensen now owns and operates Arkansas? only extension of Fetch! Pet Care, a national franchise born seven years ago in Berkeley, Calif

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